Author(s): Giangiuseppe PILI
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: December 31, 2018
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Issue/ Volume: 19-20/2018
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Abstract
Intelligence is about speaking the truth to the policy-maker. However, this truth
is not simply the result of an intellectual enquiring on something which is not in the eyes
of the beholder. Intelligence is a social enterprise performed by a collective agent,
namely the intelligence agency. Then, intelligence strives for the truth although this
endeavor is a very difficult achievement indeed, so much so that intelligence is grounded
on performing an entire intelligence cycle completed by an entire institution. Social
epistemology is a new branch of analytic philosophy and it inquires the nature of social
knowledge and collective agents. This paper considers the role of social knowledge
inside intelligence as an institution of the state and it tries to address some fundamental
questions related to the social epistemological nature of intelligence.
Keywords: intelligence, social epistemology, theory, knowledge.
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